The National Investigation Agency on June 20 filed a chargesheet in a Panchkula court against five Hindu radicals including Swami Aseemanand in the Samjhauta Express train blast case and mentioned RSS senior leader Indresh Kumar as one of the “suspects” in the terror act. Though Kumar is not an accused in the case as NIA has so far not found any corroborative evidence of his direct link, the agency referred to him thrice in the chargesheet. It said that his involvement in the conspiracy is “highly suspected”.
Kumar’s name figures as a “suspect” on the basis of his meeting with the perpetrators twice during 2005-06 when they “discussed about attacks on Hindu places of worships and the need to give befitting replies”. These meetings were followed by similar secret gatherings of select people which finally culminated in terror attacks not only on Samjhauta Express, but also blasts in Ajmer dargah, Mecca Masjid and twice in Malegaon. NIA had also referred to Kumar as a “suspect” in the Ajmer blast case as well.